biʼniitsaah

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ʼnii- (“inchoative”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tsaah (momentaneous stem of root -TSĄ́, “to die”)

Verb

biʼniitsaah

  1. he/she gets sick, starts to die

Conjugation

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE biʼniitsaah
PERFECTIVE biʼniitsą́

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page number
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